Well I hope everything's OK with the community re: pandemics and inundations.
Well, Pete, there's the thought that ones conversations (prayer) with God is a personal matter resting entirely upon our free choice to speak with God as it pleases us. God is well aware of our sincerity when we are asking Him for help.
Had the rabbi been a non-believer he would not have requested help from God, nor would he have been angry with God.
God's words whispered into our inner life: I sent help. I sent you is the awareness that God's Spirit is present in every human person inviting each of us to love Him, by loving our neighbour. Loving our neighbour should never be reduced to an abstract belief when our neighbours' needs are crying out for our assistance. By mustering the villagers to assist one another the rabbi revealed his love of his neighbours, by inviting them to work together to relieve the distress of those in dire need of assistance.
Love of God, and love of our neighbour is always revealed through our actions.
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